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Chinese arrivals forecast to reach 1m in August

Suvarnabhumi chief says more improvements in pipeline to meet steadily growing passenger demand

Chinese tourists arrive in Thailand at Suvarnabhumi airport on Jan 8, the day Beijing eased its travel rules for the first time in nearly three years. (Bangkok Post File Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

About 161,000 Chinese tourists have entered Thailand since Beijing eased travel restrictions on Jan 8, with the total expected to reach 500,000 on May 1 and one million in August, authorities said on Friday.

Kittipong Kittikachon, the director of Suvarnabhumi airport, made the prediction at a briefing on plans to improve airport services to meet steadily rising traffic demand as the Covid-19 threat recedes.

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